Sage Telecom
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| Type | Privately held corporation |
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| Industry | Telecommunications Services |
| Founded | Founded by Investors in 1996 |
| Headquarters | Richardson, Texas |
| Key people | Brian Kushner - President and CEO John Debus - Senior V.P., CFO, and Treasurer Ben Miller - Senior V.P., COO Shahin Sazej - Senior V.P. of Systems |
| Products | Local Phone Service, Home Phone Service, Business Phone Service, Dial Up Internet Access |
Sage Telecom, Inc was founded in 1996 as a CLEC reselling telecommunications primarily in rural markets served by SBC Communications. Currently the company provides local phone service, local bundled phone service and dial up internet access in Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas and Wisconsin. In February 2006 the Company announced the deployment of a new product known as eSageLink a high speed dial up internet service available first in and around Muncie, Indiana. In January 2007, Sage announced it had been acquired by hedge fund Silver Point Capital.
[edit] Company history
- 1996 - Sage Telecom is founded in Allen, Texas by Dennis Houlihan.
- 1998 - Sage Telecom received Certification from the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) of Texas to provide local telephone service throughout the entire state of Texas.
- 2001 - Sage Telecom receives certification from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) to provide local telephone service throughout the state of Oklahoma.
- 2001 - Dennis Houlihan is named 2001 Entrepreneur of the Year in the Emerging Companies category as part of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Program for the Southwest Region.
- 2002 - Sage Telecom begins providing service in Kansas.
- 2003 - Sage Telecom is ranked Number One for Revenue Growth in the Deloitte Fast 500
- 2004 - Sage Telecom and SBC reach the first wholesale commercial agreement between a CLEC and an RBOC following the Federal Court Mandate that overturned government imposed wholesale rules issued by the FCC.
- 2007 - Silver Point Capital acquires Sage.
[edit] Sources
- Sage Telecom signs Verizon access deal Dallas Business Journal
- Sage Hires Former Verizon Exec Light Reading
- SBC, Sage Telecom Agree On Access Charges Tech Web
- The End of Telephone Competition as We Know It The Buckeye Institute
- Deloitte Reveals Fastest-Growing Technology Companies in Texas Deloitte & Touche
[edit] External links
- Official website
- SBC and Sage Agreement (TechWeb)
